222 Samuel 22

CHAP. XXII. / A Psalme of thankesgiuing for Gods powerfull deliuerance, and manifold blessings.

1And Dauid spake vnto the Lord the wordes of this song, in the day that the Lord had deliuered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.Select 2 Samuel 22:1

2And he said, The Lord is my rocke and my fortresse, and my deliuerer:Select 2 Samuel 22:2

3The God of my rocke, in him will I trust: hee is my shield, and the horne of my saluation, my high tower, and my refuge, my Sauiour; thou sauest me from violence.Select 2 Samuel 22:3

4I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saued from mine enemies.Select 2 Samuel 22:4

5When the waues of death compassed me: the floods of vngodly men made me afraid.Select 2 Samuel 22:5

6The sorowes of Hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me.Select 2 Samuel 22:6

7In my distresse I called vpon the Lord, and cryed to my God, and hee did heare my voice out of his Temple, and my crie did enter into his eares.Select 2 Samuel 22:7

8Then the earth shooke and trembled: the foundations of heauen mooued and shooke, because hee was wroth.Select 2 Samuel 22:8

9There went vp a smoake out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth deuoured: coales were kindled by it.Select 2 Samuel 22:9

10Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feete.Select 2 Samuel 22:10

11And he rode vpon a Cherub, and did flie: and hee was seene vpon the wings of the winde.Select 2 Samuel 22:11

12And hee made darkenesse pauilions round about him, darke waters, and thicke clouds of the skies.Select 2 Samuel 22:12

13Through the brightnesse before him, were coales of fire kindled.Select 2 Samuel 22:13

14The Lord thundred from heauen: and the most high vttered his voice.Select 2 Samuel 22:14

15And he sent out arrowes, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.Select 2 Samuel 22:15

16And the channels of the Sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discouered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.Select 2 Samuel 22:16

17He sent from aboue, he tooke me: he drew me out of many waters.Select 2 Samuel 22:17

18He deliuered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated mee: for they were too strong for me.Select 2 Samuel 22:18

19They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.Select 2 Samuel 22:19

20Hee brought me forth also into a large place: he deliuered me, because hee delighted in me.Select 2 Samuel 22:20

21The Lord rewarded mee according to my righteousnesse: according to the cleannesse of my hands, hath hee recompensed me.Select 2 Samuel 22:21

22For I haue kept the wayes of the Lord, and haue not wickedly departed from my God.Select 2 Samuel 22:22

23For all his iudgements were before me: and as for his Statutes, I did not depart from them.Select 2 Samuel 22:23

24I was also vpright before him: and haue kept my selfe from mine iniquitie.Select 2 Samuel 22:24

25Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me, according to my righteousnesse: according to my cleannesse in his eye sight.Select 2 Samuel 22:25

26With the merciful thou wilt shew thy selfe mercifull, and with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.Select 2 Samuel 22:26

27With the pure thou wilt shew thy selfe pure: and with the froward, thou wilt shew thy selfe vnsauoury.Select 2 Samuel 22:27

28And the afflicted people thou wilt saue: but thine eyes are vpon the hautie, that thou mayest bring them downe.Select 2 Samuel 22:28

29For thou art my lampe, O Lord: and the Lord wil lighten my darkenesse.Select 2 Samuel 22:29

30For by thee I haue run through a troupe: by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall.Select 2 Samuel 22:30

31As for God, his way is perfect, the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.Select 2 Samuel 22:31

32For who is God, saue the Lord? and who is a rocke, saue our God?Select 2 Samuel 22:32

33God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.Select 2 Samuel 22:33

34Hee maketh my feet like hindes feet: and setteth mee vpon my high places.Select 2 Samuel 22:34

35He teacheth my hands to warre: so that a bow of steele is broken by mine armes.Select 2 Samuel 22:35

36Thou hast also giuen mee the shield of thy saluation: and thy gentlenesse hath made me great.Select 2 Samuel 22:36

37Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me: so that my feet did not slip.Select 2 Samuel 22:37

38I haue pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them: and turned not againe vntill I had consumed them.Select 2 Samuel 22:38

39And I haue consumed them and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen vnder my feet.Select 2 Samuel 22:39

40For thou hast girded mee with strength to battel: them that rose vp against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.Select 2 Samuel 22:40

41Thou hast also giuen mee the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.Select 2 Samuel 22:41

42They looked, but there was none to saue: euen vnto the Lord, but he answered them not.Select 2 Samuel 22:42

43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I did stampe them as the myre of the street, and did spread them abroad.Select 2 Samuel 22:43

44Thou also hast deliuered mee from the striuings of my people, thou hast kept mee to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not, shall serue me.Select 2 Samuel 22:44

45Strangers shall submit themselues vnto me: as soone as they heare, they shall be obedient vnto me.Select 2 Samuel 22:45

46Strangers shall fade away: and they shall bee afraid out of their close places.Select 2 Samuel 22:46

47The Lord liueth, and blessed be my rocke: and exalted be the God of the rocke of my saluation.Select 2 Samuel 22:47

48It is God that auengeth mee, and that bringeth downe the people vnder me:Select 2 Samuel 22:48

49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted mee vp on high aboue them that rose vp against me: thou hast deliuered me from the violent man.Select 2 Samuel 22:49

50Therefore I will giue thankes vnto thee, O Lord, among the heathen: and I will sing praises vnto thy Name.Select 2 Samuel 22:50

51He is the towre of saluation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his Anointed, vnto Dauid, and to his seede for euermore.Select 2 Samuel 22:51